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    A ‘heathenish liquor’? A cure for cancer?

    The history of coffee is full


    of surprises
    Level 3: Advanced – Teacher’s notes
    Article summary: The article describes the 7. leaflet
    history of coffee and how attitudes towards it 8. proprietor
    have changed over the years. It also discusses 9. drowsiness
    the potential health benefits of drinking coffee. 10. win over
    11. abominable
    12. gaslight
    Time: 45–60 minutes
    13. correlation
    14. undoubted
    Skills: Reading, Speaking
    3. Comprehension check
    Language focus: Vocabulary
    a. a. The answers given are only suggested, and
    Materials needed: One copy of the students may correctly answer the questions in
    worksheet per student different ways, e.g., in item 4, they may say, ‘It
    stops drowsiness’ or similar. Note that the text
    mentions the people of Ethiopia foraging for
    1. Warmer coffee berries but does not mention them
    drinking coffee, so the answer to item 2 is
    a. The purpose of this activity is to introduce the
    topic of coffee drinking. This is a Yemen.
    general-knowledge activity, which may
    encourage some discussion, even argument, Key:
    among students. Brazil (which produces
    2,652,000 metric tonnes of coffee a year) is 1. that coffee affects the way people function
    certainly in the first place, but the order of the 2. Yemen
    other five countries is more debatable. 3. in London in the 1650s
    4. that it prevents people from feeling sleepy
    Key: 5. drinking beer
    6. to promote his company’s drink
    1. Brazil 4. Indonesia 7. He was a coffee drinker himself.
    2. Vietnam 5. Honduras 8. People also smoked when they drank coffee.
    3. Colombia 6. Ethiopia 9. the dietary fibre present in coffee
    10. because the concentrations of the
    2. Key words carcinogenic compound detected in coffee
    were too low to cause cancer
    a. Ask students to do the exercise individually and
    compare their answers in pairs or small groups.
    Note that both ‘beneficial’ and ‘detrimental’ are
    4. Key language
    followed by ‘to’ as in ‘detrimental to your health’.
    a. Students could be asked to do this exercise
    The word beverage is a formal word for drink
    individually and then compare their answers in pairs.
    and may often be seen in notices, as in ‘Hot
    Note that you can also protest about something, but
    beverages are served until 9 pm.’ In addition to
    ‘about’ is not one of the options here.
    its meanings of strange’ or unusual, outlandish
    has negative connotations, as in “I find his Key:
    comments outlandish.”
    1. that coffee affects the way people function
    Key:
    2. Yemen
    1. bowel 3. in London in the 1650s
    2. beneficial 4. that it prevents people from feeling sleepy
    3. detrimental 5. drinking beer
    4. beverage 6. to promote his company’s drink
    5. forage 7. He was a coffee drinker himself.
    6. outlandish 8. People also smoked when they drank coffee.
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    of simple pleasures of piecing a summer holiday together at home
    surprises
    Level 3:Advanced – Teacher’s notes

    9. the dietary fibre present in coffee


    10. because the concentrations of the
    carcinogenic compound detected in
    coffee were too low to cause cancer

    b. Students use some of the phrases from the


    previous task to complete the sentences.
    Key:

    1. beyond dispute
    2. protesting against
    3. prescribed to
    4. correlation with

    5. Discussion
    a. Allow students time to note their ideas about
    each statement and encourage them to say
    why they agree or disagree.

    6. In your own words

    a-b. Students should research and discuss


    coffee in their countries, but you can also
    encourage them to talk about a drink that is
    traditional or popular where they live. The
    task could also be done as homework, and
    students could then present their findings
    to the class.

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